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In terms of common N55 issues, you can expect to have to replace the oil cooler gaskets, valve cover gasket, a coil pack or more, an injector or more, water pump, and t-stat at some point after 4+ years and 80K miles. If you add power, then you can expect for more coil pack, injector, and/or spark plug replacements. Tuned turbo BMWs seem to be very hard on those parts.
If you can handle $2K/yr in maintenance/repair costs and at least one worse case repair of ~$5K, then this may be the car for you. Overall, the 2 series is pretty reliable, especially the M235's. The 2 series parts bin shares with the 3/4 series so many parts are plentiful (new and used) and for a BMW, decently cheap. Outside of the head and block and electrical gremlin troubleshooting, the car is generally easy to work on for a DIYer.
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